School = Brainwash?

I think that school's one of the only things that measures intelligence objectively. After all, how can you know where you place intellectually if you never tried some sort of means of measuring it?

Tests measure how well you take tests. Homework measures how willing you are to skip other things.

That's the cynical view which I subscribe to some extent but my deeper belief is, knowledge is knowledge and it's good for you and that's why you should learn, not because of a test score or a transcript or a degree or a paycheck. And that's independent of the system.

School is for meeting people. Meet as many people you can, and don't piss them.

This, too. When I think about the future, leaving education for the workforce, I get depressed thinking that the only people I'll ever meet then are... coworkers.